You are wondering if you could build a vital community within federated wiki. Do they want it? Can you do it? How do you start? Where will it end?
You're thinking of starting an online community?
You know who your first members will be?
Will they follow your lead if you ask them?
Have you asked them already?
Have you asked them to wiki?
Have they written anything that impressed you?
Have they written to be reused?
Has anyone reused?
Will they bring friends to wiki?
Can they explain wiki?
Can they explain what they do?
Do they want to share what they do?
Will there be an advantage for doing together?
Can they do what they do in wiki?
Do they do what they do with computers?
Do they use a special program to do what they do?
Does that program include sharing?
Does the program's sharing build community?
Can wiki do what the program does?
Can you imagine plugins doing it?
Will the screen be large enough?
Will the work split nicely between pages?
Will split pages mix and match to make new work?
Would new work made from old be welcomed?
Do any communities exist on like doing it?
Do they just talk about doing it?
Do they just talk about what they have done?
Do they just talk about what they want to do?
Are there multiple communities already?
Do multiple communities have overlaps?
Are members mostly in many communities?
Would your new community be welcomed?
Would your new community enhance others?
Would you bring something special?
Would wiki be special?
Can you make wiki be special?
Would it stay special?
Would it have to stay special to be valuable?
Would it have to reach a critical mass to be special?
Is there already a critical mass in existing communities?
Can you make it look like a critical mass in yours?